Apparatus for producing gas.



F. E. PINK.

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING GAS.

APPLICATION FILED DIIU.19.1907.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

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P. E. PINK.

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING GAS.

APPLIUATION TILED DEG.19 907, 1 1 0.

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P. E. PINK.

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING GAS.

APPLICATION FILED DBG.19,190T.

Patented Dec 15. 1908.

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' oarsr E. IFINK, or CORTLAND, OHIO. i

Specification of Letters risen.

Patented Dec. is, 1968.

Application died December 19, 1907. Burial No. 407,237;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Forms'r E. citizen of the United States, residin at Cortland, in the county of Trumbull, gtate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in A paratus for Proe ducing Gas; and I'do ereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable Fmn, a

i others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and-use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements III apparatuses for producing gas and it has more particular reference to a gas producer com grehending in its broad conception a cokuigchamber and a gas producing chamber in which incandescent coke is stored and from which the gas is 'exhnusted either by suction or by pressure.

Theinvention is designed more particularly to produce gas from bituminous con! and its chief object is to produce a gas which shall be as far as possible, free from extraneous matter, such as tar, soot, lamp black, etc.

The invention seeks to provide an appara. tus for producing a as from bituminous coal which, as it leaves t 9 Producer, shall be as near ready as possible or service in connection with gasengines, the latter, as is welllrnown,requiring a clean gas with a minimum 1 mrcentage of impurities and one that is big 1y combustible.

The invention more particularly comprises the arrau ement of the gas roducmg chamber be ow the coking c amber,

means for causing the feed of fuel from coked fue the coking chamber to the producing chambcl, means for enerating a high tempcra-.

ture in said on ng chamber, hrough the introduction of atmospheric air, hot air, or steam, or steam and air, into said coking chamber, for the purpose of thoroughly cokin :the reen fuel before leaving the said co ring. amber, means for thorough! mixmg a1r,'or steam or air and steam, with the green fuel in coking chamber, means for preventing the making of the green fuel in said coking chamber, means for exhausting volatile products from the coking chamber, means for creating an up draft of steam or air, or steam and air through the producing chamber, means for preventin 't-he as roduced in said gas producing c am her rom lpassing through the green or'unin which reference is bad means for allowing a draft or.

circulation of air'in said coking chamber, and gas producing chamber',.whcn-sa1d gas producing apparatus is not in operation, and means 'for exhausting gasfi'om the producing ch er.

The invention resides in the several features above enumerated and in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter described and claimed in detail.

The details of the invention will appear in the course of the following description,

to the accompanying drawings, forming a; art of this specification, like characters 0 reference-designating' similar parts, throughout the several \dews, wherein r Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gas producer constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of such reducer. Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereo showing the door or tap for movinfihe cinders from the gas producing cham pro er. Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view ustrating the pivotal mounting of a valve lever comprehended in the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, the numetal 5 desi ates the coking chamber, the numeral 6 esignates the s producing chamber and! the numeral designates a narrow neck or chamiel between the ocking chamber and the ga's producl'n chamber. A vertical shaft 8 passes axially ugh the chamber 5 and the channel 7 and grojects some distance into the chamber The shaft 8 IS joumaled a axial movement in suitabl construct bearin 9 and'at its upper en carries a belt whee 10, which is driven from any suitable motor by a. belt 11.

Within the chambers Sand 6 and the channel 7, the shaft 8 is provided with agi' toting arms designated respectively 5', 6 and which project radially therefrom and which terminate short of the sides 0 the chambers {x a 6- und the bhannel 7, the arms 5- and -li' aving' the same proportion with relation to the chambers 5 and 6 thatth'lrms 7 have tothe channel 7, and being of relatively greater length than and arm 7. The ohm or 6 has a reduced and 12 which rojects into the: confines of a basin 13 ans coactswith said basin to afl'ord a seal, the basin' 13 being partially filled with water to point above the mouth of the reduced end 12. Leading from the chamber lio "beris a pipe 15 provided at its lower end with an air valve 10, and having connection above said valve with a laterally proecting pipe 17, the latter, being in turn con llecttlfl. with a casing 1t, into which isproected a nozzle 19, carried by a'valve controlled pipe 20, which leads from any sultabie source of steam or alrsupply, preteruhly the former. The casing lo'uas a flaring mouth 21, which is connected to a U -shapcu pipe 22, the latt'er passing through the basin 1;: and axially into the chamber 6 and having its upper discharge e'nd provided with .1 suitably constructed spreader For. the purpose of admitting air into the chamber o, to meditate combustion, the-latte r'isgrovided preierably ad acent to its c'o'nesha ed lower ortioii with i .P. P

, plate'of' the chamberj is constructed with an opening, 25 in registry vwith a cylindrical charging hopper 26, which is secured to said top. plate and which is closed .by a lid 27, pivotedifor horizontal move- 1 s'idoftliereof The hopper, 2(ij'is constructed at one with a hollow proj ecting portion 28 haviiig the upper and lower walls thereof concaved as 'shown i' i Fig. 4 of the drawings, and against which concaved walls there fitsa rock shaft 29 through which is engaged clever-B0, one and of which projects into the hopper while the other end projects outwardly beyond the shaft 29. The opening from the hopper to this en largemcnt is formed 'to permit of a limited .vortical movement of the. inner end "portion of the lever, while the outerface ofthe enlargement is correspondinglyslottedto permit of like movement of the outer end portion of the lever, The lever 3Q carries on its projectinouter end a \veiffhtfil'and at its spending rod 32 carrying at its' lower end a, con cal bell valve '33 hdving a rounded engaging surface 34 which is designed to faci l' date the centering of. thevalve 33 upon its seatfatl'orded by the edge of the o cning :25, the provision.

, oi the rounded sur ace 3.4 assni'in of the constant contact ofthe valveat a 1, points I'with its eat, even tlroughltheka'id valve shouldfor any reason be seated somewhat ofi-center. The chamber 6 is provided with a door' 35 from which th'ccin ers may be removed. .The pipe 14 isco'nnectedto a vertical draft p pe having-at its lower end a hand va ya 37: The pipe 36 is connected by a branch pipe 38 with'the chutnbe'rb, a valve' tlfi being' interposed in the P p and steam, to all parts of said venting the coking of the fuel, and allowing Y urally In use, the chamber 5 is charged with coal which is admitted from a suitable supply through the hopper 26. The. charge of coal in=the chamber 5 is iii-1d 22nd the shaft 8 is rotated, air or air and steam isurlmitted through the openings 24, causing a natural process of combustion, thus thoroughly coking the green fuel, before itenters the as producing chamber, said openings 2%, may

0 place at any point or points -1n the (101G115 zone, and as the green coal becomes incan cscent, it is fed through the channel 7 into the chamber 6 in the form of incandescent 0 0103. The radial arms 5, in the chamber 5, keep the green fuel in a loosened state, allowing the free access of air or air a free passe e of the volatile products from said fuel be ore it enters the gas producing chamber, the radial arms 6, and 7, prevent the coking of the coke at any time within the channel or gas producing chamber. The

channel 7, being constantly filled with coke,

will evade the passa eof as from the gas producim chamber as is gas will natfollow the course of least resistance, and escape throu h the pipes provided for that purpose. W en the chamber 6 has been partially filled with a bed of incandescent coke,'-.an up draft'of air or steam, or air e nd steam is admitted into the chamber 6 from the pipe 20, through the pipe 22. or air thus admitted into the chamber 3 mingling with the incandescent coke stored therein, forms a combustible exhausted. The steam forced into the pipe 22 creates a suction in the pipe 15 by means of which volatile products contain pended tar,,soot and lamp black are rawn oil' from the chamber 5 and carried with the The steam as which is fuel, also precharge of steam or air or steam and air 1 into the chamber 6. and byproducts are removed b beneath the reduced end 12 in t 9 When so desired, such cinder-s and nets may be removed through the- It will thus be seen that the coking process is carried out in'a highly efllcacioiis-manner shoveling basin- 13. b prod by the intensely heated products of combos? tion brought about by the introductiomof Ordinarily, 'the cinders our 35.

an up draft of hot or cold air, .or air'and steam, into said dumbe -through the openings' 24, and being thoroughlymixed witlif the-green fuel, by means ,0 the radial arms pro ectin from shaft 8. connect 0 chambers channel 7 in' order to prevent the'iree sage of gases between t Wh n it is desired to Mitre-apparatus stand It'jsprefe'rred to 1 5 and 6 by the reduced asieoliainbers ,5 and- 6.

oie'r hight without usei aird to maintain the incandeseence of the'b I bar 6, the valves 37 and-itlBiure 'ppenedtin' order that .a free draft; may-be created through the pipe 36, it .being of course tinofcqike in :the chainderstood that the shaft 8 and the steam or air supply means may or may not be in operation.

It will be a parent. that by coking the green fuel in t e chamber 5 at a high temperature, a greater amount of tar. soot and ampblack is broken up and gasified before the passage of the volatile roducts through the incandescent bed of colic than is possible in those a paratuses ordinarily used, wherein the bed of green fuel is arranged beneath by a natural process of combustion. Hence, it will be seen'that the final gaseous product will contain a minimum amount of solid hydro-carbon products and that any-possibility of contaminating the final suspended extraneous matter is prevented by the provision of means for attaining a suflicicut degree of coking of the green fuel before it enters the gas producing chamber.

The invention is simple in its structural details, inexpensive to manufacture and practical and efficient in use.

, Adivision of this application for the processof prodnci gas which involves the apparatus herein as been filed under date of August 4, 1908,, Ser. No. 446,888.

What is claimed is: I

l. A gas producing ap aratus, consisting of a coking chamber, and a gas produci chamber, a neck or channel connecting sai chambers, 22 rertical shaft with radialarms for agitating the products within said chamspecific bers and neck, a seal at the lowermost porsisting of a coking V ducing chamber, an elohg tion of said gas producing chamber, a pipe eitcndiug' from said cokin chamher and passing through said seal and extending into said gas producingfclmmber. apluralit-y of deflectors, secured to the end 0 said pipe, said deflectors being arranged whereby the gmacous fluids will "be deflected consecutively from said deflectors into said gas reducing chamber, a means for the generated products in said was producing chamber to escape, as

2. A gas producing apparatus consisting of a coking chamber wit 1 inlets tiercin near its lower portion, and a gas producing chain her, a neck connecting said chambers, an agitaim with radial arms, located within said neck and chambers, acseal enveloping the lowermost portion of said gas producing chamber, a pipe extending from said coking chamber and extending through said seal, into said gas producing chamber, deflectors secured to the free end of said pipe, within said gas producing chamber, a erturcs in said deflectors for allowing tie gaseous fluids to enter each deflector consecutively, as specified.

3. A gas of coking and neck connecting pipe connecting gas genera ting chamber. a said chambers, of an outside the upper parts of saidcolcthe bed of coke and is-not coked' tending from product by.

coking chamber means for agitating t e producing apparatus, consisting producing chambers, valves lo pipe for allowuw or prelation'of chamberu'sixid coking chamber having a re duced lower portion with suitable openings therein, a centrally located shriiftextending through said chmubcrs, with radial arms of various lengths connected thereto, and located within said chambers and neck, means for said chambers,

a suction or'vacuum pipe exthc coking chamber,

on the permitting the circulation of air into outside, into a casing, a. steam jet, within said casing, disseminating tar and 'by-products from said coking chamber, into the gas generatin chamber, as described- I 5. in apparatus for roducing'gas, con-' sisting of a coking chain er, undo "gas producing chamber and snack connecting the coking and gas producing chambers, mean-s for the injection of 'air, orst'cam, into said means for mixmg'said 'air,

or steam, with t e fuel in said coking. charm her, a suction or vacuum pipe extending from the coking chamber into a, casing, a steam jet within said disseminating tar and by-products, from said coking chamber into the gas generating chamber, and a gas outlet connec ed to} said as generating chamggr, as shown iipddescri 6. a paratus or rodu as, conp chcm ieu'a i dg a d h be atednecfiggnnggt- 1 80.1 cam o n msaico clizmber for. the il dmi s s idnzf hit, or means for thoroughly cokin the green fuel before entering said produ contents of said col:- ing chamber, elongated neck, and glas' producing chamber, means for driving ,e gases produced in said as producing chamber, rom'sa'id chamber, mto outlets provided for that purpose. l u

7. Anapparatus :forproducing gas, c'onsistingof a coking chamber, and a. as producing chamber, and a neck conneciing-the coking and gas producing chambers, means for agitatin the contents chamber, an said neck, and said gas producing chamber, a pipe connected to said coking chamber and extendin to a casing having a steam jet or nozzl therein, in conjunction with a pipe connected with said h s produciii chamber, and an outlet for he s pr need insaid chum er, as shown and descri S. A gas producing ap stratus, consisting of a coking chamber, an 51 gas chamber, and a neck connecting e coking and gas producing chambers, means for conveying the volatile products'nrodpoed in g s P of said coking.

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producingoing chamber,

said coking chamber, into the lower portion of said gas producing chamber, means for allowinfl' free access and circulation of air into said coking chamber, and gas producing chamber, as shown and described.

9. An pparatus for 1producing gas consisting of a coking cham er, a gas producing chamber a neck connecting the cokin an gas producing chambers, said coking c 1am her having an inverted cone sha ed bottom portion with suitable openings tierein, said as producing chamber having a reduced ottom portion inclosed in a water seal, of a pipe extendin through said seal into said gas producing chamber, deflectors arranged on the end of said pi e, and means for forcing the volatile pr 'ucts from the coking chamber through said pipe into the gas produ'cingchamher, as shown and described.

10. An apparatus for reducing gas, consisting of a coking chem er, and a gas producing chamber-{and aneck connectin the,

'colcing and gas producing chambers, 11 c iar ing hopper, provided with a horizontally disposed lid, an inverted ball valve, seated against said chargin hopper, held to its seat by a gravity weig t, of a. vertical shaft,

carrying radial arms of various lengths, extending into the coking chamber, through the neck, and into the as producing chamher, a seal enveloping t is lowermost portion of said gas producing chamber, an outside pipe extending from the cc-p'iug chamber,

into a casing, a steam jet, or nozzle, Within said casing, the bottom of said casing integral with a flared mouth receptacle, a pipe extending therefrom and passing through said soul, into said gas roducing chamber, which is provided with eflectors, saidpipe and deflectors terminating within and near the bottom of said gas producing chamber, a regulating device, consisting of a pi e entering both chambers from the outsi e, and 1m vin hand valves therein, ad'accntto said chamliers, whereby a draft 0 air can be admitted into said chambers, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my ture, in presenc'e'of two witnesses.

FOREST E. LFINK.

si ne- -Witnesses:

E. O. Dmnsr, JENNE Enmrr. 

